Public Safety committee  I do not question judicial integrity and independence. However, nine justices who sit on the highest court of the land, the Supreme Court, clearly stated that security certificates are unconstitutional. The Barreau du Québec and the Canadian Bar Association also said that this Bi

Public Safety committee  The judges' hands are tied. The nine justices that sit on the Supreme Court, which is the highest court in the land, have already said that this is the law and that they have to work within a restricted framework. But you are the ones that impose that law on them. The justices ha

Public Safety committee  For 21 months, that was a decision made jointly with my lawyers, the Coalition and my family. I felt that the whole process was a travesty of justice. By testifying, the Attorney General could simply stand up and say that I wasn't credible. And if I lost all credibility, I was fi

Public Safety committee  No, not at all.

Public Safety committee  You know, armed guards escorted me to court in handcuffs, with a chain around my stomach and cuffs on my ankles. The weapons were allowed in court. Can you imagine that? The first time, there were sharpshooters on the roof. If I had been Justice Noël, I would obviously have been

Public Safety committee  I have two points to make. My first point is this. The secret services in these countries are not filled with a bunch of crazy people who jump on the first person they see and torture him just for the fun of it. At the same time, we are dealing here with what I call a “terrorist

Public Safety committee  If you're dealing with a dangerous terrorist, he should be tortured, burnt alive and you should re-establish the Inquisition. I find it quite incredible that people can ask those kinds of questions in the 21st century. I am absolutely outraged. What should be done with a dangerou

Public Safety committee  It is a well-known fact that the countries of the Middle East and the Maghreb are not democracies. Everybody knows that. I don't have to prove that in these countries, the rule of law does not apply. But, what is worse, after 9/11, the world changed. We know that there is a proce

Public Safety committee  We'll answer in French, I'm sorry. I was never harassed, but my problems began after my initial contact with CSIS, when I applied for Canadian citizenship. In 2000, I was getting ready to travel to Morocco with my wife, who was three months' pregnant at the time. I was stopped a

Public Safety committee  The coalition that was founded following my arrest, by my parents and activists in Montreal who are part of the Muslim, old-stock Quebecker, Jewish and other communities, is called the Justice Coalition for Adil Charkaoui. What I am seeking most is justice. I cannot adequately d

Public Safety committee  In order to answer your question, I would like to refer to an Immigration Canada ruling. In 2004, when I was in prison, an officer with the Border Services Agency gave me the PRRA ruling. An Immigration Canada officer believed I would be tortured in Morocco and that my life was i

Public Safety committee  There is a ruling from Immigration Canada certifying that.

Public Safety committee  Personally, I cannot leave Canada to go to any other country until I have cleared my name. If I end up somewhere else in the world… If I go to the United States, I will end up in Guantanamo. If I go to Morocco, there are secret prisons there for alleged terrorists. So, wherever I

Public Safety committee  Coming back to my own life, there is no doubt that travel broadens the mind. I was almost conceived in Malaga, Spain. As you know, Morocco is located south of Spain, and only the Mediterranean Sea separates us from Spain. At the end of every month, we would take a trip together.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. There is no doubt that Canada, like every other country in the world, has to protect itself from terrorism. That is why we have laws like the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Criminal Code. It is equally clear that Canada, like any other country in the worl